Dichmont, Catherine Mary

Biographies

Catherine Mary Dichmont is an oceanographer with much expertise in natural resource and particularly fishery management. Her bioeconomic modelling allowed for the development of the prawn fishing industry in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Between 1996 and 1999, Dichmont worked at the Southern Fisheries Centre, Queensland Department of Primary Industries at Deception Bay.
Dichmont joined the CSIRO in 1999 and by 2011 she was a Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Resource Use and Conservation Stream at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.